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Victor Hugo: There is one...

Victor Hugo: There is one...

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world: and that is an idea whose time has...

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Jean-Paul Sartre: All human actions...

Jean-Paul Sartre: All human actions...

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

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J B Priestley: To show a...

J B Priestley: To show a...

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own -- this is...

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J B Priestley: A lot of...

J B Priestley: A lot of...

A lot of men who have accepted - or had imposed upon them in boyhood - the old English public school styles of careful...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Oh, that it...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Oh, that it...

Oh, that it were my chief delight
To do the things I ought!
Then let me try with all my might
To mind what I...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: One ugly trick...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: One ugly trick...

One ugly trick has often spoiled
The sweetest and the best;
Matilda, though a pleasant child,
One ugly trick...

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Titus Maccius Plautus: There are occasions...

Titus Maccius Plautus: There are occasions...

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

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Titus Maccius Plautus: If you are...

Titus Maccius Plautus: If you are...

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

Source: In Correct Quotes...

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Dodie Smith: For though he...

Dodie Smith: For though he...

For though he had very little Latin beyond Cave canem, he had, as a young dog, devoured Shakespeare (in a tasty...

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Euripides: Cleverness is not...

Euripides: Cleverness is not...

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection,...

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Marsha Norman: People do think...

Marsha Norman: People do think...

People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear...

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Edmond Rostand: The dream, alone,...

Edmond Rostand: The dream, alone,...

The dream, alone, is of interest. What is life, without a dream?

Source: La...

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George Farquhar: There's no scandal...

George Farquhar: There's no scandal...

There's no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

Source: The...

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The century of...

The century of...

The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create...

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The old idea...

The old idea...

The old idea . . . of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense....

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Cold calculation, random...

Cold calculation, random...

Cold calculation, random spots of color, mathematically exact construction (clearly shown or concealed), drawing that...

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The violinist must...

The violinist must...

The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers...

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Any subject is...

Any subject is...

Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out.

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Off with you!...

Off with you!...

Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better...

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I don't go...

I don't go...

I don't go around regretting things that don't happen.

Source: On infrequency with...

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